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We consider the superconducting and Mott-insulating states for the twisted bilayer graphene, modeled as two narrow-band system of electrons with appreciable intraatomic Coulomb interactions. The interaction induces kinetic exchange which…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-08-29 Maciej Fidrysiak , Michał Zegrodnik , Józef Spałek

The observation of a superconducting phase, an intertwined insulating phase, and a continuous transition between the two at a commensurate filling of $\nu=1$ in bilayers of twisted WSe$_2$ at $\theta=3.65^0$ raises a number of intriguing…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-02-19 Sunghoon Kim , Juan Felipe Mendez-Valderrama , Xuepeng Wang , Debanjan Chowdhury

Moir\'e superlattices serve as a playground for emerging phenomena, such as localization of band states, superconductivity, and localization of excitons. These superlattices are large and are often modeled in the zero angle limit, which…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-06-01 Christopher Linderälv , Joakim Hagel , Samuel Brem , Ermin Malic , Paul Erhart

Using exact quantum Monte Carlo method, we examine the recent novel electronic states seen in magic-angle graphene superlattices. From the Hubbard model on a double-layer honeycomb lattice with a rotation angle $\theta=1.08^{\circ}$, we…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-03-07 Tongyun Huang , Lufeng Zhang , Tianxing Ma

The discovery of superconductivity in twisted bilayer and twisted trilayer graphene has generated tremendous interest. The key feature of these systems is an interplay between interlayer coupling and a moir\'e superlattice that gives rise…

We consider an effective Hubbard model with spin- and direction-dependent complex hoppings $t$, applied to twisted homobilayer WSe$_2$ using a variational Monte Carlo approach. The electronic correlations are taken into account by applying…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-01-10 Andrzej Biborski , Paweł Wójcik , Michał Zegrodnik

The advent of twisted moir\'e heterostructures as a playground for strongly correlated electron physics has led to a plethora of experimental and theoretical efforts seeking to unravel the nature of the emergent superconducting and…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-05-06 Dominik Kiese , Yuchi He , Ciarán Hickey , Angel Rubio , Dante M. Kennes

Layered organic superconductors are on the verge of the Mott insulator. We use Gutzwiller variational method to study a Hubbard model including a spin exchange coupling term. The ground state is found to be a Gossamer superconductor at…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-10 J. Y. Gan , Yan Chen , Z. B. Su , F. C. Zhang

Mott-Hubbard and Hund electron correlations have been realized thus far in separate classes of materials. Here, we show that a single moir\'e homobilayer encompasses both kinds of physics in a controllable manner. We develop a microscopic…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-01-26 Siheon Ryee , Tim O. Wehling

Introducing superconductivity in topological materials can lead to innovative electronic phases and device functionalities. Here, we present a new strategy for quantum engineering of superconducting junctions in moire materials through…

Moir\'e transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) systems provide a tunable platform for studying electron-correlation driven quantum phases. Such phases have so far been found at rational fillings of the moir\'e superlattice, and it is…

We demonstrate that superconductivity driven by strong quantum-critical fluctuations can emerge near relativistic Mott transitions in twisted two-dimensional materials, taking on a remarkably rich character. In twisted double-bilayer…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-10-09 Veronika C. Stangier , Mathias S. Scheurer , Daniel E. Sheehy , Jörg Schmalian

Recent experimental progress has established the twisted bilayer transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) as a highly tunable platform for studying many-body physics. Particularly, the homobilayer TMDs under displacement field are believed to…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-11-14 Feng Chen , D. N. Sheng

Achieving electrostatic control of quantum phases is at the frontier of condensed matter research. Recent investigations have revealed superconductivity tunable by electrostatic doping in twisted graphene heterostructures and in…

Using a self-consistent Hartree-Fock theory, we show that the recently observed ferromagnetism in twisted bilayer WSe$_2$ [Nat. Commun. 16, 1959 (2025)] can be understood as a Stoner-like instability of interaction-renormalized moir\'e…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-12-18 Liangtao Peng , Christophe De Beule , Yiyang Lai , Du Li , Li Yang , E. J. Mele , Shaffique Adam

Since the very recent discovery of unconventional superconductivity in twisted WSe$_2$ homobilayers at filling $\nu=-1$, considerable interest has arisen in revealing its mechanism. In this paper, we developed a three-band tight-binding…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-11-03 Chuyi Tuo , Ming-Rui Li , Zhengzhi Wu , Wen Sun , Hong Yao

We use the bilayer twisted Hubbard model to study the low energy electronic structure of Sr3Ir2O7. Sr3Ir2O7 is suggested as a Mott insulator and described by the bilayer twisted pseudospin-1/2 model. The bilayer twists in Sr3Ir2O7 bring the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2012-10-09 Jia-Wei Mei

Twisted homobilayer transition metal dichalcogenides - specifically twisted bilayer MoTe$_2$ and twisted bilayer WSe$_2$ - have recently emerged as a versatile platform for strongly correlated and topological phases of matter. These…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-03-10 Bohao Li , Wen-Xuan Qiu , Fengcheng Wu , A. H. MacDonald

The recent observation of superconductivity in twisted bilayer WSe$_2$ raises intriguing questions concerning the origin and the properties of superconducting states realized in bands with non-trivial topological properties and repulsive…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-08-30 Daniele Guerci , Daniel Kaplan , Julian Ingham , J. H. Pixley , Andrew J. Millis

Motivated by recent experimental studies that have found signatures of a correlated insulator phase and tuning superconductivity in twisted bilayer graphene, we study the temperature-dependent conductivity, the spin correlation and the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-04-22 Wanying Chen , Yonghuan Chu , Tongyun Huang , Tianxing Ma